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the greater university of buffalo weekly the bee vol 5 university of buffalo february 13 1925 no 16 george metz to captain u of b football team varsity men receive letters after banquet on saturday january 31 at the alumni club chancellor capen pre sented block letters to 17 students who had qualified therefor by the pursuit of the pig-skin and at the same time announced the election of tieorge met junior i aw student as captain of the 1d25 hlue and white gridiron aggrega tion bigger and better football teams was the keynote of the banquet m honor of the h124 warriors and dr capen as well as the other speakers emphasized tho fact that these valiant students had established a linn basis for future championship teams perhaps the out look for a championship football team has never before been so bright now we have a goodly number of veterans as the nucleus of the 1926 squad a real two-fisted capable conch who has had i year's intimate knowledge of football conditions here more and bettor sup port by both students and faculty and then too the prospects of a league of colleges and universities m western new york to offer lirst-rate coinpeti t ion the record iv games won ami lost by the 1i)24 team is far from brilliant but the record of lighting and honest-to goodness effort is the best ever shown here at buffalo coach carrick did not have the proper conditions and time to thoroughly groom the he-men who pre sented themselves into a smooth-run iiing machine but he instilled into them i spirit of light that was remarkable to the spectators and disconcerting to opponents during the coining season it is safe to predict that " buss " will he aide to complete the establishment id his syst f playing with the re milt that a new era of football will reign at buffalo let us remember thai rome was not built iv a day to top off the exceeding brilliant outlook is the choice of met to lead tho team surely no man has ever shown more light and earliest ness than ocorge from the first day of camp to the day of emptying lockers metz lived football it was a foregone con clusion that he would be caplaiu-olect tor who else could approach him m services rendered the record of cap lam-elect melz is one bedecked with illinois and championships in the years of 1017 is and hi he played with the champion masten park high school being an all-high selection and a team aiate of such celebrities as walter kop i'isidi all-american half back fisher of columbia beuthal of colgate and kirschmeyor of columbia after lonv ing high school dutch metz who strangely enough is sometimes called the king of england â€” for some un known (?) reason entered michigan where he studied until 1923 when he carolled m our law school in that year metz acquitted himself with honors at the position of full back of the team and his reputation : >- i football player and story-teller and entertainer de-luxe spread rapidly even al the early date of return from loot ball camp all through that season he played a splendid game earning wide recognition among football experts m the start of the past season george presented himself at camp for tin pre liminary training and rapidly rounded into form with the result that he scored i 1 only touchdown of the first game after intercepting a pass and out run mag his pursuers for seventy yards to i goal line in that game and every subsequent game it was metz who starred and who gained more ground alone than the rest of the backfield combined without i b hade of doubt metz took individual honors ia every one of buffalo's games scoring almost alone practically all of the bisons touchdowns gcorgo was aeraldod by the buffalo newspapers as the bulls flying dutchman nnd be established a reputation at the expense of the opponents of the blue and white which has not been equalled m past yea rs the honor fell where it was due nml captain elect mot has every reason to be proud of the honor conferred upon 1 those who received letters for their diligent effort and unstinting ap plication are 11 gordon brownjohn walter david son c kavle k s lindermnn lester s ivnnpp george metz john morey allen s morris james sheehan b f cimbrone m king j kinzly ber nard holt j zielinski willard magav em schafron arthur cross manager football h rozan beer leader 1 muscato fbt squad letter dramatic meeting are the students of the i'ni vorsity of buffalo sufficiently interested m dramatics to un dertake the production of a school play this is the ques tion to which a committee from the s a ('. was dele gated to find tho answer ac cordingly they havo called a meeting for a reorganization of the present dramatic club for wednesday evening fob 18th at s o'clock at the xi psi phi fraternity house 510 delaware aye the report to tho s a c as to the advisa bility of discontinuing dra matic activity at the univer sity will be based ou the in terest shown by the students al this meeting hence il be boo es those interested m drn unities to be on hand we lues day evening at the zip house home concert april 17th the tentative date for the annual glee club concert is april 17th at the hotel statler this year the concert will probably be given by both the men's glee club und the girl s glee club assisted by the v b clef dwell ers it is also hoped thai the alumni club will contribute nu attraction m the nature of a chorus more school songs are needed a plea has been sent out for more school songs any ideas for words or tunes for songs will be welcome il any one has any ideas please conimuiii cute with dr lemon or mr ward a loose-leaf song book is being compiled we need more songs for it plans are also being made for month ly sings which will take place m science hall at noon the purpose of the sings is to stimulate college spirit and ill to rest m the songs of hie i'ni versity of bulla 10 we also need more songs to sing ut these gatherings block b club all letter men of the university are requested to be present at a meeting of the block b club lo be held al the con tra v m c a on wednesday feb ruary is at 12:00 sharp various matters of importance will be brought before the letter-men and liiik attendance is desired those stu dents who received block letters for 1024 football arc of course eligible and are expected to attend muse and masque a mock trial by the law school stu dents will be one of the features of the program at the next muse and masque meeting to be held m the music lii i of the grosvenor library si t n o'clock thursday evening february 10th har riet lewis and sonia bear are iv charge of the program for hie meet ing all members are asked to be prosont university day to be observed february 23rd colonel syres will be speaker at annual exercises colonel leonard porter syres doc tor of philosophy and since 1020 vice president of the cleveland trust com pany will deliver the address al the mid yeud convocation of the i'liiver sity of buffalo to be held al the klin v i music hall february 2:1 lie will speak on the controlling factor m the power lo lnrn ir syres was general superinten dent of schools of porto rico 1000 to l!m)s from which position he was ap pointed director of kilucation and sta listies of the kussell sage foundation new york city he continued this association until 1020 when he accept ed his present position as director of kilucation with the foundation he di rected and published many researches m the field of public education which made him an outstanding ligure as an educator he did some pioneer work m the fields of the school survey and stan dard tests the syres spelling scale now being widely used dr syres held many important posts during the world war he was colonel ou the general stall aad chief statis lical officer of fhe i'nited states army nnd was awarded the distinguished service medal he was chief statis tician of the a k f and occupied tin same post for the american com mission to negotiate pence colonel syres is a man of great vig or and has blazed hie frail m many lines of endeavor he has icw equals iv forcibleness of expression and iv holding the interest of an audience during fhe course of fhe morning the modal left by the late chancellor nor ton lo be awarded to any citizen of buffalo who should distinguish himself by unusual service to his community will lie presented for hie first time fhe modal has been designed by dr |{. tail mckcnzie of philadelphia one of hie foremost nil ists and designers of this country five degrees will be awarded for the lirsi lime nf mid year convocation one from the law school and four from the collogo of aits aud sciences in nil the program will be very interesting nnd nllen.lauee by nil students of fhe i'liiversity is compulsory there will be no dinner this year of fhe federated alumni the ball at the stafler hotel will fake file place of this dr rice continues faculty lectures professor john p rice m his lecture on nn inland china treaty port at irosv caor library on tuesday feb ruary loth delightfully escorted bis audience from a landing iv china to changsha the grim grey city of long sands through the city itself with its strange sights and sounds and smells to the college of vole m china the klegunt proprieties great learning in stitution as it is called m chinese dr liice introduced his audience to many of the special landmarks about the city of changsha from the spot ou the main or i orse road where the body of the little bride who had cut her throat was left for days because no one could be found to give it burial to a peep at the great north gate of the city decorated with heads on spikes in china said professor rico soldier is synomous with robber or brigandeer it is good to have one ac company yon lest yon meet one along the road here it is that a govern ment is had which is no government but only intrigues speaking of the difficulties of the chinese student prof bice said there are two main difficulties â€” par ental authority and its consequent con servatism and the student's being be throthed at childhood the next tuesday afternoon faculty lecture will be given by prof richard w boynton on william tallies to be given on february 17th at the gros venor library rochester team comes to buffalo with fine record varsity primed to even scores with dead city quintet record crowd expected to witness old rivals clash plans for n r rd crowd ure being made hy il nimgoiuoni m prepara tion for the sonson's big game satur day night when the rochester quintet will display ifs wares before a local au dience with the possible exception of ihe cornell contest no game on the en tire basketball schedule arouses the interest of the i'liiversity more thnn the annual fracas with the rochester live the same group of stellar perform ers before whose prowess fhe blue and white was forced to bow hist year will again represent i of |(. vvifh the ex ceplion of i'lilen one of last year's guards callagiian the sorrel-topped hash wh i of b has good cause to remember because of his work both on tho gridiron ami court v ill hold down one of the forward berths with curtin ul hie other webster jumps center and bruglor nnd hedges both of foot ball fame vv ill play guard rochester has as splendid a record m collegiate basketball as can be found i.asl year ihey took hie measure of cornell tho intercollegiate champions this your they again dofented cornell ami are confident of repeating their success over i b of a year ago bul as ou the gridiron where the highly touted rochester machine was torn to shreds by the bisons so it may happoi the basket ball court art powell oxpects a real return lo form on fhe part of his charges who could not keep up their regular practice during exams captain lou funis and leon brint the two star blue ami white forwards will start the game len brizdle will probably oppose webster at center culp mayer and berlove will take care of the guard positions rochester and hobart are i of b.s two most natural rivals ami a football or basketball season iv which they are beaten is accounted n successful one if the students help instill hie real lighting spirit of beat rochester into the buffalo busketeers this saturday a great victory is m store the probable line up rochester buffalo curtin r f brint callagiian l f farris webster c brizdle bruglor r (! culp hedges 1 (! mayer glee club needs men the glee club is m need of a few more voices especially m the bass section appli cants wishing to fry out should meet mr ward at flic central y m c a on tues day evening between 6:30 and 7:30 girls debate team chosen the debating tryout for girls held on tuesday evening m townsend hall de cided those who will represent buffalo at syracuse on february 27 when the i'liiversity of buffalo girl debaters will debate with the girls of syracuse uni versity on the question resolved that : congress shall have the power to over ride by a two-thirds vote a decision of the supreme court on questions of constitutionality the judges m the try-out were dr carpenter mr walter kendall and mr justin morgan attorneys these girls were chosen charlotle mc aleer marie neldinger solum i.car man and alice lungwort hy alternate u b chess team meets penn and toronto the nctlvlties of the i'ni versity of â– buffalo chess club m tho last few * weeks certainly merit our attention i in january bth they playod the niag ara falls club sending them down to â€¢ defeat by the score of .")',._. to 2 last week a triangular meet was held here ' with the i'liiversity of pennsylvania â– ' and the iniveisity of toronto teams â– our varsity team playod the pennsyl . vanians on friday and the canadians . on saturday though we lost both . games by the scores of 3 ' â€¢_> to \., and â€¢". to 1 respectively all agreed that the undertaking was a decided success during their brief sojourn m buf falo the two visiting teams were royally entertained by our club they were shown the campus and many other interesting places m buffalo sat urday they took a trip to the falls on friday night a dinner was given for all the teams the principal speaker was dr b'ussel groh who also acted as toast muster at this time the officers and mem bers of the i b chess club wish to thank the xi psi phi kuppa phi and beiu pi kho fraternities for their splendid co-operation m entertaining and housing the visiting teams it is to be noted that the u b chess club iv the last three years has made greater progress than any other student organization the varsity team does not play any but intercollegiate games they have had invitations from the best collegiate teams throughout the country and are now permanent mem bers of the intercollegiate chess team association next year will find their program double that of this year we extended our hearty congratulations for their past success and best wishes for the future frosh dance some of you men are going in won der what's become of sally on the night of march 6 if you don't hurry and invite the lady of your heart to the frosh dance you can taxi to the hotel statler all drivers know the way and it's not at all hard to md the georgian room the only thing left to do is get the ticket â€” the price of 2 two dollars can easily be raised at any pawnbrokers iv fact we know of one who will agree to loan even more if necessary information con fidential now you've got the time the place the girl what more do you need to be happy with the famous vir ginians orchestra supplying the blues chaperones may be on hand we can't tell whether they'll lie there from 0 to 1 or not however do it now or you'll be left out m the cell

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the greater university of buffalo weekly the bee vol 5 university of buffalo february 13 1925 no 16 george metz to captain u of b football team varsity men receive letters after banquet on saturday january 31 at the alumni club chancellor capen pre sented block letters to 17 students who had qualified therefor by the pursuit of the pig-skin and at the same time announced the election of tieorge met junior i aw student as captain of the 1d25 hlue and white gridiron aggrega tion bigger and better football teams was the keynote of the banquet m honor of the h124 warriors and dr capen as well as the other speakers emphasized tho fact that these valiant students had established a linn basis for future championship teams perhaps the out look for a championship football team has never before been so bright now we have a goodly number of veterans as the nucleus of the 1926 squad a real two-fisted capable conch who has had i year's intimate knowledge of football conditions here more and bettor sup port by both students and faculty and then too the prospects of a league of colleges and universities m western new york to offer lirst-rate coinpeti t ion the record iv games won ami lost by the 1i)24 team is far from brilliant but the record of lighting and honest-to goodness effort is the best ever shown here at buffalo coach carrick did not have the proper conditions and time to thoroughly groom the he-men who pre sented themselves into a smooth-run iiing machine but he instilled into them i spirit of light that was remarkable to the spectators and disconcerting to opponents during the coining season it is safe to predict that " buss " will he aide to complete the establishment id his syst f playing with the re milt that a new era of football will reign at buffalo let us remember thai rome was not built iv a day to top off the exceeding brilliant outlook is the choice of met to lead tho team surely no man has ever shown more light and earliest ness than ocorge from the first day of camp to the day of emptying lockers metz lived football it was a foregone con clusion that he would be caplaiu-olect tor who else could approach him m services rendered the record of cap lam-elect melz is one bedecked with illinois and championships in the years of 1017 is and hi he played with the champion masten park high school being an all-high selection and a team aiate of such celebrities as walter kop i'isidi all-american half back fisher of columbia beuthal of colgate and kirschmeyor of columbia after lonv ing high school dutch metz who strangely enough is sometimes called the king of england â€” for some un known (?) reason entered michigan where he studied until 1923 when he carolled m our law school in that year metz acquitted himself with honors at the position of full back of the team and his reputation : >- i football player and story-teller and entertainer de-luxe spread rapidly even al the early date of return from loot ball camp all through that season he played a splendid game earning wide recognition among football experts m the start of the past season george presented himself at camp for tin pre liminary training and rapidly rounded into form with the result that he scored i 1 only touchdown of the first game after intercepting a pass and out run mag his pursuers for seventy yards to i goal line in that game and every subsequent game it was metz who starred and who gained more ground alone than the rest of the backfield combined without i b hade of doubt metz took individual honors ia every one of buffalo's games scoring almost alone practically all of the bisons touchdowns gcorgo was aeraldod by the buffalo newspapers as the bulls flying dutchman nnd be established a reputation at the expense of the opponents of the blue and white which has not been equalled m past yea rs the honor fell where it was due nml captain elect mot has every reason to be proud of the honor conferred upon 1 those who received letters for their diligent effort and unstinting ap plication are 11 gordon brownjohn walter david son c kavle k s lindermnn lester s ivnnpp george metz john morey allen s morris james sheehan b f cimbrone m king j kinzly ber nard holt j zielinski willard magav em schafron arthur cross manager football h rozan beer leader 1 muscato fbt squad letter dramatic meeting are the students of the i'ni vorsity of buffalo sufficiently interested m dramatics to un dertake the production of a school play this is the ques tion to which a committee from the s a ('. was dele gated to find tho answer ac cordingly they havo called a meeting for a reorganization of the present dramatic club for wednesday evening fob 18th at s o'clock at the xi psi phi fraternity house 510 delaware aye the report to tho s a c as to the advisa bility of discontinuing dra matic activity at the univer sity will be based ou the in terest shown by the students al this meeting hence il be boo es those interested m drn unities to be on hand we lues day evening at the zip house home concert april 17th the tentative date for the annual glee club concert is april 17th at the hotel statler this year the concert will probably be given by both the men's glee club und the girl s glee club assisted by the v b clef dwell ers it is also hoped thai the alumni club will contribute nu attraction m the nature of a chorus more school songs are needed a plea has been sent out for more school songs any ideas for words or tunes for songs will be welcome il any one has any ideas please conimuiii cute with dr lemon or mr ward a loose-leaf song book is being compiled we need more songs for it plans are also being made for month ly sings which will take place m science hall at noon the purpose of the sings is to stimulate college spirit and ill to rest m the songs of hie i'ni versity of bulla 10 we also need more songs to sing ut these gatherings block b club all letter men of the university are requested to be present at a meeting of the block b club lo be held al the con tra v m c a on wednesday feb ruary is at 12:00 sharp various matters of importance will be brought before the letter-men and liiik attendance is desired those stu dents who received block letters for 1024 football arc of course eligible and are expected to attend muse and masque a mock trial by the law school stu dents will be one of the features of the program at the next muse and masque meeting to be held m the music lii i of the grosvenor library si t n o'clock thursday evening february 10th har riet lewis and sonia bear are iv charge of the program for hie meet ing all members are asked to be prosont university day to be observed february 23rd colonel syres will be speaker at annual exercises colonel leonard porter syres doc tor of philosophy and since 1020 vice president of the cleveland trust com pany will deliver the address al the mid yeud convocation of the i'liiver sity of buffalo to be held al the klin v i music hall february 2:1 lie will speak on the controlling factor m the power lo lnrn ir syres was general superinten dent of schools of porto rico 1000 to l!m)s from which position he was ap pointed director of kilucation and sta listies of the kussell sage foundation new york city he continued this association until 1020 when he accept ed his present position as director of kilucation with the foundation he di rected and published many researches m the field of public education which made him an outstanding ligure as an educator he did some pioneer work m the fields of the school survey and stan dard tests the syres spelling scale now being widely used dr syres held many important posts during the world war he was colonel ou the general stall aad chief statis lical officer of fhe i'nited states army nnd was awarded the distinguished service medal he was chief statis tician of the a k f and occupied tin same post for the american com mission to negotiate pence colonel syres is a man of great vig or and has blazed hie frail m many lines of endeavor he has icw equals iv forcibleness of expression and iv holding the interest of an audience during fhe course of fhe morning the modal left by the late chancellor nor ton lo be awarded to any citizen of buffalo who should distinguish himself by unusual service to his community will lie presented for hie first time fhe modal has been designed by dr |{. tail mckcnzie of philadelphia one of hie foremost nil ists and designers of this country five degrees will be awarded for the lirsi lime nf mid year convocation one from the law school and four from the collogo of aits aud sciences in nil the program will be very interesting nnd nllen.lauee by nil students of fhe i'liiversity is compulsory there will be no dinner this year of fhe federated alumni the ball at the stafler hotel will fake file place of this dr rice continues faculty lectures professor john p rice m his lecture on nn inland china treaty port at irosv caor library on tuesday feb ruary loth delightfully escorted bis audience from a landing iv china to changsha the grim grey city of long sands through the city itself with its strange sights and sounds and smells to the college of vole m china the klegunt proprieties great learning in stitution as it is called m chinese dr liice introduced his audience to many of the special landmarks about the city of changsha from the spot ou the main or i orse road where the body of the little bride who had cut her throat was left for days because no one could be found to give it burial to a peep at the great north gate of the city decorated with heads on spikes in china said professor rico soldier is synomous with robber or brigandeer it is good to have one ac company yon lest yon meet one along the road here it is that a govern ment is had which is no government but only intrigues speaking of the difficulties of the chinese student prof bice said there are two main difficulties â€” par ental authority and its consequent con servatism and the student's being be throthed at childhood the next tuesday afternoon faculty lecture will be given by prof richard w boynton on william tallies to be given on february 17th at the gros venor library rochester team comes to buffalo with fine record varsity primed to even scores with dead city quintet record crowd expected to witness old rivals clash plans for n r rd crowd ure being made hy il nimgoiuoni m prepara tion for the sonson's big game satur day night when the rochester quintet will display ifs wares before a local au dience with the possible exception of ihe cornell contest no game on the en tire basketball schedule arouses the interest of the i'liiversity more thnn the annual fracas with the rochester live the same group of stellar perform ers before whose prowess fhe blue and white was forced to bow hist year will again represent i of |(. vvifh the ex ceplion of i'lilen one of last year's guards callagiian the sorrel-topped hash wh i of b has good cause to remember because of his work both on tho gridiron ami court v ill hold down one of the forward berths with curtin ul hie other webster jumps center and bruglor nnd hedges both of foot ball fame vv ill play guard rochester has as splendid a record m collegiate basketball as can be found i.asl year ihey took hie measure of cornell tho intercollegiate champions this your they again dofented cornell ami are confident of repeating their success over i b of a year ago bul as ou the gridiron where the highly touted rochester machine was torn to shreds by the bisons so it may happoi the basket ball court art powell oxpects a real return lo form on fhe part of his charges who could not keep up their regular practice during exams captain lou funis and leon brint the two star blue ami white forwards will start the game len brizdle will probably oppose webster at center culp mayer and berlove will take care of the guard positions rochester and hobart are i of b.s two most natural rivals ami a football or basketball season iv which they are beaten is accounted n successful one if the students help instill hie real lighting spirit of beat rochester into the buffalo busketeers this saturday a great victory is m store the probable line up rochester buffalo curtin r f brint callagiian l f farris webster c brizdle bruglor r (! culp hedges 1 (! mayer glee club needs men the glee club is m need of a few more voices especially m the bass section appli cants wishing to fry out should meet mr ward at flic central y m c a on tues day evening between 6:30 and 7:30 girls debate team chosen the debating tryout for girls held on tuesday evening m townsend hall de cided those who will represent buffalo at syracuse on february 27 when the i'liiversity of buffalo girl debaters will debate with the girls of syracuse uni versity on the question resolved that : congress shall have the power to over ride by a two-thirds vote a decision of the supreme court on questions of constitutionality the judges m the try-out were dr carpenter mr walter kendall and mr justin morgan attorneys these girls were chosen charlotle mc aleer marie neldinger solum i.car man and alice lungwort hy alternate u b chess team meets penn and toronto the nctlvlties of the i'ni versity of â– buffalo chess club m tho last few * weeks certainly merit our attention i in january bth they playod the niag ara falls club sending them down to â€¢ defeat by the score of .")',._. to 2 last week a triangular meet was held here ' with the i'liiversity of pennsylvania â– ' and the iniveisity of toronto teams â– our varsity team playod the pennsyl . vanians on friday and the canadians . on saturday though we lost both . games by the scores of 3 ' â€¢_> to \., and â€¢". to 1 respectively all agreed that the undertaking was a decided success during their brief sojourn m buf falo the two visiting teams were royally entertained by our club they were shown the campus and many other interesting places m buffalo sat urday they took a trip to the falls on friday night a dinner was given for all the teams the principal speaker was dr b'ussel groh who also acted as toast muster at this time the officers and mem bers of the i b chess club wish to thank the xi psi phi kuppa phi and beiu pi kho fraternities for their splendid co-operation m entertaining and housing the visiting teams it is to be noted that the u b chess club iv the last three years has made greater progress than any other student organization the varsity team does not play any but intercollegiate games they have had invitations from the best collegiate teams throughout the country and are now permanent mem bers of the intercollegiate chess team association next year will find their program double that of this year we extended our hearty congratulations for their past success and best wishes for the future frosh dance some of you men are going in won der what's become of sally on the night of march 6 if you don't hurry and invite the lady of your heart to the frosh dance you can taxi to the hotel statler all drivers know the way and it's not at all hard to md the georgian room the only thing left to do is get the ticket â€” the price of 2 two dollars can easily be raised at any pawnbrokers iv fact we know of one who will agree to loan even more if necessary information con fidential now you've got the time the place the girl what more do you need to be happy with the famous vir ginians orchestra supplying the blues chaperones may be on hand we can't tell whether they'll lie there from 0 to 1 or not however do it now or you'll be left out m the cell